Claudio Torcè Comes to Central Rome

UPDATE: This location has closed. Move over Grom! Italy has a new growing gelato franchise, but this one is actually good. Make that amazing. A new branch of Il Gelato di Claudio Torcè opened two weeks ago in Rome’s Piazza Monte D’Oro, just three blocks west of Via del Corso. The gelateria is divided between two rooms, one of which displays the fruit and yogurt flavors, the other home to the creamy and chocolatey ones. With 100 flavors in all, it was painfully difficult to settle on a combo tonight, but I couldn’t have been more ecstatic about my final decision: salted peanut and chocolate-banana. I took a seat outside next to the fontanella and bathed in the pure white aura that is the Il Gelato storefront. Operating room lighting has never looked so good.

Il Gelato di Claudio Torcè is open 7 days a week. It is located at Piazza Monte D’Oro 91/92. There are other locations at Via dell’Aeronautica 105 (the original), Viale Aventino 59 (a franchise near Circo Massimo), and Via Prassilla 39 (another franchise in Le Terrazze in Casal Palocco).

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oh, we had a gelato there 2 weeks ago, without recognizing it is torce (was before the official opening) and though I did like it, found it didn’t deliver as much as it cost. But I will give it another chance today.

yes, it is a euro per scoop. Am still undecided tho, if I love it. Also, among the 100 tastes they have, there is no vanilla, which is my favorite. The guy behind the counter (actually at the door with a cigarette in hand) gave me a long and winded explanation why they don’t have any vanilla, but doesn’t change the fact.

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